Running Gun Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D][G][A][G]
[D]I rode out of Kansas
City heading [G]south to Mexico
I was run[A]ning dodging danger,
left [G]the girl that I [D]loved so
Far behind lay Kansas City [G]and the past
that I had earned
Twenty notches [A]on my six gun marked
[G]the lessons I [D]had learned

[Verse 2]
Many [G]times I sold my fast gun
for a place [D]to lay my head
[G]Till the nights began to haunt me by
the men [D]that I [A]lay dead
Couldn't stand [D]it any longer with
[G]this life that I'd begun
So I said [A]good- bye to Jeannie
and [G]became a running [D]gun

[Verse 3]
I rode into [D]Amarillo as
[G]the sun sank in the west
My thoughts [A]in Kansas City and
[G]the girl that I love be[D]st
As I smiled and kissed her gently
and [G]then turned away to go
Said I'd send [A]for her to meet
me when [G]I reached old Mexico
[D]I had[G] barely left

[Verse 4]
the saddle and my foot
[D]just touched the ground
[G]When a cold voice from the shadows
told me not [D]to turn [A]around
Said [D]he new about my fast gun knew
[G]the price paid by the law
Chal[A]lenged by a bounty hunter
[G]I turned around [D]to draw

[Verse 5]
I knew someday I'd meet [G]him for
his hand like lightning flashed
[A]My own gun stayed in leather
as [G]his bullet tore [D]it's path
As my strength was slowly fading,
I [G]could see him walk away
And I knew [A]that where I lie today,
[G]he too must lie some [D]day
Now [G]my strength is slowly fading

[Verse 6]
and my eyes [D]are growing dim
And [G]my thoughts return to Jeannie
And the home [D]that we
[A]had planned
Oh please tell [D]her won't you mister
That [G]she's still the only one
But a woman's [A]love is waisted when she loves
[G]a running [D]gun
[G][A][G]
[D]

[Verse 7]
Running gun, running gun